1 We got a splendid stock of sorted spiders, and bugs, and frogs, and caterpillars, and one thing or another; and we like to got a hornet's nest, but we didn't.
2 But the willow-wren sent down the hornet, with orders to settle beneath the fox's tail, and sting with all his might.
Grimms' Fairy Tales By Jacob and Wilhelm GrimmContext Highlight In THE WILLOW-WREN AND THE BEAR 3 I have a respect for you, but if you were alone in this business I'd think twice before I put my head into such a hornet's nest.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan DoyleContext Highlight In PART II: CHAPTER IV. A FLIGHT FOR LIFE 4 He had been obliged to offer an abject apology to Mr. Alleyne for his impertinence but he knew what a hornet's nest the office would be for him.
5 And the willow-wren summoned everything which flew in the air, not only birds, large and small, but midges, and hornets, bees and flies had to come.
Grimms' Fairy Tales By Jacob and Wilhelm GrimmContext Highlight In THE WILLOW-WREN AND THE BEAR